Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
VIKTOR FRANKLWe can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
More Viktor Frankl Quotes
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.
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Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
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It isn’t the past which holds us back, it’s the future; and how we undermine it, today.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.
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Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be.
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Success is total self-acceptance.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love.
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